(A) Purpose statement.
(1) This district is designed to function primarily as an employment district. It provides a use and design opportunity for major office related employment uses to locate within the town. The intent is to encourage the development of a campus-type office environment protected from incompatible uses.
(2) However, the district also permits a limited amount of distribution functions which are often combined with office functions. These special uses are Intended to facilitate the development of multi-tenant buildings (i.e., “flex tech” or “business park” developments) that may be suited to small business which by necessity must combine office, distribution and light processing at a single location.
(B) General requirements. All development in the O2 District shall be subject to the general requirements of site plan review as specified in § 157.039.
(C) Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted in the O2 District:
(1) Accessory uses;
(2) Computer services;
(3) Day care centers;
(4) Financial institutions, no drive-up;
(5) Offices, business, government, professional;
(6) Offices, medical, dental;
(7) Social services, individual and family; and
(8) Support retail services including restaurants, pharmacies, copy shops and other uses compatible with the office employment activity at the discretion of the Administrator.
(D) Conditional uses. The following conditional uses may be allowed in the O2 District:
(1) Cultural facilities;
(2) Cultural facilities, as an accessory use;
(3) Financial institutions with drive-up;
(4) Gardens, botanical, zoological;
(5) Health centers;
(6) Limited warehousing, storage, distribution as an accessory use;
(7) Medical and dental clinics;
(8) Medical and dental lab;
(9) Out-patient clinics;
(10) Parking lot, garage;
(11) Physical education center, all inside;
(12) Physical education center, some outside;
(13) Public safety buildings;
(14) Research development lab; and
(15) Schools: business, professional, trade.
(E) Development area and width.
Minimum Lot Area | Minimum Lot Width | |
Standard lot | 2 acres, may be subdivided into smaller lots | 175 ft. |
(F) Yards. The minimum yard requirements for permitted and special uses shall be as follows:
Front and Corner Yard | Interior Side Yard | Rear Yard | |
Building | 50 ft. | 30 ft.* | 30 ft.* |
Parking | 25 ft. | 15 ft. | 15 ft. |
* Plus 1 foot for each foot the building exceeds 45 feet in height |
(G) Building height. No building or structure in an O2 District shall exceed the following height limitations: for permitted uses, 75 feet.
(I) Landscaping and screening. The landscaping and screening requirements for the O2 District shall be as specified in § 157.065.
(Ord. 1997-1, § 130.8(C), passed 1-22-1997; Ord. 2017-12, passed 11-21-2017)